No need to waste a frame or Ht all you need is a length of 1/4'' thick
wall hydrolic tubing (3/4 out side dia), bend it into a "U" shape tap the
ends to accept Eye bolts and use the factory soft top mounts
Mike Kerr
Restoration Products
3730 todrob Ln.
Placerville, CA 95667
Ph# 530-644-6777
Fax# 530-644-6777
E-mail mikekerr@innercite.com
Web; innercite.com/~wolfgang
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Pletcher <pletch@home.com>
To: Dan Neuman <dneuman@stars.sfsu.edu>; SPL311RDST@aol.com
<SPL311RDST@aol.com>; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: roller-bar
>Yep, I have kicking the idea around for a while now. The closest I've come
>to a idea without butchering the roll bar or windshield frame is to take a
>front bow from a soft top or cut the front portion off of a hard top,make
>rods that will go back from the front bow. I don't know how tall you are
but
>on my 69 the roll bar is to low and the top will touch the top of my head.
I
>would need to raise it up about 2-3 inches. I have a hard top I can cut up
>but no time. Let me know if you make something and how it works.
> Ken
>DATSTER
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan Neuman" <dneuman@stars.sfsu.edu>
>To: <SPL311RDST@aol.com>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 1:15 PM
>Subject: Re: roller-bar
>
>
>> Hi Laurie,
>> Ken Pletcher was also thinking about making a bikini top. The
>> with most roll bars is that they do not go up high enough behind your
>head.
>> You would need to have one that is high enough to attach the top too.
>Maybe
>> Ken has worked on this?? Ken??
>> Daniel 69 2000\
>> SF CA
>>
>> At 11:25 PM -0400 4/12/00, SPL311RDST@aol.com wrote:
>> >List,
>> >
>> >Tossing around the idea of a roll-bar for the 70. Mainly so I can
fashion
>a
>> >bikini-top for the car more than anything else (direct hot AZ sun in
>summer
>> >=ick), and, what the heck-it looks good. Anyone got an old fact
>"show-bar"
>> >they wanna ditch cheap, or ideas on something a little more substantial?
>> >Prolly end up just making one if nothing else.
>> >
>> >THanks,
>> >Laurie :-)
>> >70 SPL311
>> >Chandler, AZ
>>
>>
>>
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